téléChArgeR.™ On Beauty Livre. par Penguin

On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith, loosely based on Howards End by E. M. Forster. The story follows the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States, addresses ethnic and cultural differences in both the USA and the UK, as well as the nature of beauty, and the clash between liberal and conservative academic values. It takes its title from an essay by

(3 From 1001 Books) - On Beauty, Zadie Smith On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith, loosely based on Howards End by Forster. On Beauty centers on the story of two families and their different yet increasingly intertwined lives. The Belsey family, consists of university professor Howard, a white Englishman; his African-American wife Kiki; and their children, Jerome, Zora and Levi

On beauty Zadie Smith (Auteur) Paru en mai 2006 Roman (Poche) en anglais Format : Poche Voir tout Poche 10 € broché 0,90 € Caractéristiques Voir tout Date de parution mai 2006 Editeur Penguin Group Format 11cm x 18cm Poche 10 € -5% avec le retrait en magasin 9,50 € 1 neuf à 44,99 € et 11 occasions dès 0,90 € Expédié sous 4 à 12 jours

On Beauty is a subtle criticism of class-schemed academic microcosms, where nothing is what is seems. The more beautiful it looks, the worse it turns out to be when reading between the lines. Like Rambrandt's paintings that Howard and Monty keep intellectualizing about, there is always far more beneath the surface than the eye originally meets. In Smith's work, only the poor souls are pure and protected from corruption. Academics, intellectuals venture with their eyes closed into immoral